Light Combat Helicopter encounters delays
(photos: courtesy Ajai Shukla) (Top right: A view of the armament boom, flare dispensers and the EW housing on the new weaponised Dhruv) (Bo...
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February 09, 2009
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Sunday, 8 February 2009
Aero India 2009: HAL to hand over five Dhruvs to Ecuador
(photos: courtesy Ajai Shukla) By Ajai Shukla HAL, Bangalore Business Standard 9th February 2009 Visitors to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’s...
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February 08, 2009
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Saturday, 7 February 2009
The King is dead.... long live the King!
HAL, Bangalore 8th Feb 09 (pictures copyright: Ajai Shukla) To the left is a photograph of the first Tejas (TD-1) being prepared for burial....
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February 07, 2009
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Friday, 6 February 2009
What on earth is that aircraft?
HAL, Bangalore 6th Feb 09 Well folks, here I am back in HAL Bangalore. Lots of stuff seems to have transpired since I went to Arunachal last...
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February 06, 2009
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Wednesday, 14 January 2009
Back for Aero India 2009...
Belated new year greetings to visitors to Broadsword. I apologise for the complete silence of the past four months or so, but Arunachal Prad...
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January 14, 2009
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Sunday, 28 September 2008
Broadsword will spend the next one year on the India-China border
Maps above: the Sino-Indian border. The disputed areas are shaded maroon. I will be living and working over the coming year near the border ...
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September 28, 2008
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Tuesday, 16 September 2008
The Indian Navy’s Dhruv: falling between two stools
by Ajai Shukla Prodded by questions from visitors to this blog, I have spoken in some depth to the Indian Navy as well as to the designers o...
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September 16, 2008
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Sunday, 14 September 2008
DRDO announces successful test firing of Astra Air-to-Air Missile
(Ph otograph courtesy DRDO) The Astra air-to-air missile being test fired from a ground-based launch platform on 13th Sept 08. The DRDO has ...
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September 14, 2008
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Thursday, 11 September 2008
The naval version of the Dhruv ALH
Your many enquiries have been noted about the naval version of the Dhruv, the problems it is said to have experienced, and the Navy's ap...
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September 11, 2008
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Tuesday, 9 September 2008
Chopping prices in the chopper market: Part 3 of a three-part series on India's thrust in helicopter building
(Photos: courtesy Ajai Shukla) Right: An elevated view of HAL's Dhruv assembly area. The new ALH squadron being raised has its hangar al...
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September 09, 2008
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Monday, 8 September 2008
Light Combat Helicopter to fly soon: Part 2 of a three-part series on India's new thrust in helicopter building
Left and Below: computer images of the final LCH design, produced by HAL's in-house integrated design centre. Below: a mock-up of the LC...
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September 08, 2008
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Sunday, 7 September 2008
The great helicopter challenge: (Part 1 of a three-part series on India's new thrust in helicopter building)
(Photos courtesy: Ajai Shukla) The first prototype Weapon Systems Integrated (WSI) version of the Dhruv ALH. HAL will produce 60 ALH-WSIs fo...
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September 07, 2008
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Tuesday, 26 August 2008
Monday, 25 August 2008
China's strategic thinking: A gold medal for mental gymnastics
Top: Posing in front of a street-length screen, placed by the Beijing City Administration to screen off the under-construction area behind ...
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August 25, 2008
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Friday, 15 August 2008
Armed forces to fund DRDO projects
Army not happy with the decision of it having to fund 10 per cent of the cost. by Ajai Shukla Business Standard, 16th Aug 08 The Ministry of...
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August 15, 2008
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Thursday, 14 August 2008
More pictures from Georgia of T-72 (and one T-90?) post-hit damage
I've read a lot of comments that seem to suggest that the Arjun would survive most hits from an enemy tank... or even from a missile. Th...
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August 14, 2008
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Tuesday, 12 August 2008
T-72 vulnerability again illustrated in Georgia
My friend, Prasun Sengupta, has kindly sent these two photos --- two of destroyed Georgian T-72BV MBTs and the other of a destroyed Iraqi T-...
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August 12, 2008
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Monday, 11 August 2008
Western doctrine, Russian arms
by Ajai Shukla Business Standard, 12th Aug 08 India’s new Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP-2008), unveiled by Defence Minister AK Antony o...
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August 11, 2008
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